#!/usr/bin/env python3 import curses import subprocess import shutil import time import select def start_ltc_stream(): # Launch arecord piped into ltcdump arecord = subprocess.Popen( ["arecord", "-f", "S16_LE", "-c", "1", "-r", "48000", "-D", "hw:2,0"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL ) ltcdump = subprocess.Popen( ["ltcdump", "-f", "-"], stdin=arecord.stdout, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, text=True, bufsize=1 ) arecord.stdout.close() # Let ltcdump consume the pipe return arecord, ltcdump def main(stdscr): curses.curs_set(0) stdscr.nodelay(True) arecord_proc, ltcdump_proc = start_ltc_stream() latest_tc = "⌛ Waiting for LTC..." last_update = time.time() try: while True: # Non-blocking read from ltcdump rlist, _, _ = select.select([ltcdump_proc.stdout], [], [], 0) if rlist: line = ltcdump_proc.stdout.readline() if line: line = line.strip() if line and line[0].isdigit(): latest_tc = line last_update = time.time() # Timeout / error detection if time.time() - last_update > 1: if ltcdump_proc.poll() is not None or arecord_proc.poll() is not None: latest_tc = "💥 Decoder crashed or stream stopped" else: latest_tc = "⚠️ No LTC signal" # Draw the curses UI stdscr.erase() stdscr.addstr(1, 2, "🌀 NTP Timeturner Status") stdscr.addstr(3, 4, "Streaming LTC from hw:2,0...") stdscr.addstr(5, 6, f"🕰️ LTC Timecode: {latest_tc}") stdscr.refresh() time.sleep(0.04) # ~25 FPS except KeyboardInterrupt: stdscr.addstr(8, 6, "🔚 Shutting down...") stdscr.refresh() time.sleep(1) finally: arecord_proc.terminate() ltcdump_proc.terminate() if __name__ == "__main__": if not shutil.which("ltcdump") or not shutil.which("arecord"): print("❌ Required tools not found (ltcdump or arecord). Install and retry.") exit(1) curses.wrapper(main)